[U-Boot] [RESEND PATCH v3] Add assert() for debug assertions

[Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>]

Dear Mike Frysinger,

In message <CAJaTeTrUJH+p1jTU88d5KDv4EU57DiU+=_ibp9DZHXU78U1HdQ@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> >> +void __assert_fail(const char *assertion, const char *file, unsigned line,
> >> +                const char *function)
> >> +{
> >> +     /* This will not return */
> >> +     panic("%s:%u: %s: Assertion `%s' failed.", file, line, function,
> >> +           assertion);
> >> +}
> >
> > Can you please #ifdef it so it doesn't get added for the non-debug
> > case, too?
>
> most arches are building with --gc-sections now which means there is
> no overhead added for them.  should we look at fixing the few holdouts
> rather than adding #ifdefs ?

I think Power does use --gc-sections, still I see code size growing.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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